[ANFIELD SUJIR KENNEDY & DURNO LOGO]                                 Exhibit 5.1
                                                   1600 - 609 GRANVILLE STREET
                                                   P.O. BOX 10068 PACIFIC CENTRE
                                                   VANCOUVER, B.C.  V7Y 1C3


                                                   TELEPHONE:   (604) 669-1322
                                                   FACSIMILE:   (604) 669-3877




May 11, 2006

BPI Energy Holdings, Inc.
30775 Bainbridge Road, Suite 280
Solon, Ohio 44139

Dear Sirs/Mesdames:

RE:      POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-1


BPI Energy Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") is filing with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the "Amendment to Registration
Statement") for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of the offer and sale by the selling shareholders named in the Amendment to
Registration Statement (the "Selling Shareholders") of 16,595,200 shares of
common stock, without par value, of the Company (the "Common Stock"), which
includes 6,223,200 common shares (the "Warrant Shares") issuable upon due
exercise of certain outstanding share purchase warrants (the "Warrants").

Item 601 of Regulation S-K requires that an opinion of counsel concerning the
legality of the securities to be registered be filed as an exhibit to the
Amendment to Registration Statement.

In rendering this opinion, we have examined the Company's articles of
incorporation, as in effect as of the date hereof, and such other records and
documents as we have deemed advisable in order to render this opinion. As a
result of the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the currently outstanding
10,372,000 shares forming the Common Stock have been legally issued and are
fully paid and non-assessable common shares, that the share purchase Warrants
have been duly authorized, and that the Warrants Shares will, upon receipt by
the Company of the full exercise price therefore in accordance with the
provisions of the Warrants, be issued as fully paid and non-assessable common
shares.

We are solicitors qualified to practice law in the Province of British Columbia
and we express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction, or as to any
matters governed by the laws of any jurisdiction, other than the laws of the
Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein. The
opinions herein are based on the laws of the Province of British Columbia and
the laws of Canada applicable therein in effect on the date hereof. The opinion
set forth herein is as of the date hereof. We assume no obligation to advise you
of any changes that may hereafter be brought to our attention. Subject to the
qualifications set out above, our opinion is based on statutory laws and
judicial decisions that are in effect on the date hereof, and we do not opine
with respect to any law, regulation or rule that may be enacted or adopted after
the date hereof, nor do we assume any responsibility to advise you of future
changes in our opinion.



ANFIELD SUJIR KENNEDY & DURNO

May 11, 2006
Page 2

We hereby consent to the use and filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Amendment to Registration Statement as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and to the reference to us under the heading "Legal Matters" in the
Amendment to Registration Statement.

Yours truly,

/s/ ANFIELD SUJIR KENNEDY & DURNO